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Topic: Pokemon Black 2/White 2 Announced

This gen we get a brand new pokemon rpg sequel. I feel like its a step up

You feel like it's a step up, to me this seems like pigeonholing now that you directly contrasted this. They're pretty good at creating platformers, it's a shame to have them stuck doing just ONE series period. Actually, it's a shame for most developers to be stuck on one thing unless it's the only thing they're good at.

Come on, thats a wee bit harsh. Game freak loves pokemon. Its what there passion is. And it just so happens to be a cash machine.

I AM operating under the idea they may have other ideas they want to pursue. If they seriously had nothing else then... well, probably for the best to be stuck to Pokemon, but I can't imagine the entire staff not having anything else they'd like to make.

Also: Kojima Productions only oversaw the Castlevania reboot, it wasn't really something they thought up themselves.

Gamefreak is just one dev team in the overall Pokemon company. Its literally a seperate company that nintendo is partnered with.

Far as I can tell GameFreak is ALSO a separate company that works with Nintendo/the Pokemon Company. Probably more divorced than Nintendo is from the Pokemon Company actually, the latter exists mainly to manage and organize the brand. So, yeah, this is more like Kojima Productions or something.

You are right. They are all seperate. But Game freak is the one that houses the pokemon originators so if I interviewed for them. I would assume pokemon is important.

I should point out I don't want them to abandon Pokemon or something. I'd just like if it didn't take 7+ years to put out a non-Pokemon game, and don't think variety being abandoned for more of the same is a "step up".

Derailing that terrible derail with an update. So this game's going for more of a Gold/Silver style sequel rather than just a glorified Grey version? Might actually be worth caring about (or not depending on whether they make the level curve ridiculous or not).